🚀 go-pugleaf

> drop the operating system, leaving it for use by their big corporate accounts
> with deep pockets.  We now have very desirable upgrades that require and
> "Upgrade Protection" contract in order to obtain.  This applies currently to
> the new TCP/IP version 4.1 that was just released.  Unless you've purchased
> that contract, you can't download it or get it.  And word is that the new
> Communicator for OS/2 will require the same thing, and only a "refresh" of
> the current Netscape 2.02 to use Java 1.1.1 will be released for the average
> user to get for free.  And how do you get an "Upgrade Protection" contract? 
> You have to contact your  IBM Account Executive (how many of us non-corporate
> people have one of those????) and pay approximately $200 per license (for an
> operating system that only cost me $89 retail????).

Ahem.
We lucky OS/2 users got Netscape for free. Other people are
_supposed_ to pay for theirs, unless you are a student. Now we have to pay
like everyone else. For what appears to be a top-notch product on par with
anything on the Win95 side. Is there something wrong with this?
Hey, we might even get Lotus Smartsuite 97 for OS/2 sometime, don't
suppose we'll get that free either. Darn, eh?

The upgrade protection, if I understand correctly, allows you all the
upgrades for X years. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that includes
Warp 5 as well.
Check out the Win95 guys. You can't even download the OSR2 release. You
gotta buy a whole new package of Win95. How much is that going to cost
you?

We've just been a bit spoiled in this regard, what with Fixpacks always
available for free....
Anyways, read the description for TCP/IP 4.1, Joe Average user doesn't
need this upgrade! Joe Average doesn't know what DDNS or DHCP is and I
doubt the average dial-up user will notice any performance difference.. If
you want the Year 2000 upgrade, it _is_ available as a free download.


Isaac